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Luminous bliss

Halkias, Georgios, 1967-

Luminous bliss a religious history of Pure Land literature in Tibet : with an annotated English translation and critical analysis of the Orgyan-gling gold manuscript of the short Sukhavativyuha-sutra / [electronic resource] : Georgios T. Halkias. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - Pure Land Buddhist studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indian Mahayana origins and departures -- Pure lands and the Tibetan empire -- The dharma that goes against the ways of the world -- Tibetan Pure Land commentaries -- Tantric transfer in Sukhavati -- The celestial treasures of Buddha Amitabha.

9780824837747


Tripiṭaka.--Sūtrapiṭaka.--Sukhāvatīvyūha (Smaller)


Buddhist literature, Tibetan--History and criticism.
Pure Land Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.


Electronic books.

BQ8514.4.C62 / H35 2013

294.3/85